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I'm just reading your chapter "house devils and street angels" -- and you know what: besides that it's the same in my family (people keep telling me how well behaved my kids are -- huh? Are they really talking about MY kids???), we also have the exact same term in German: Hausbengel and Strassenengel! That's funny.

By the way, know how kids learn to speak by observing and listening to others? The other day I told my 2 year old daugther to wait for me in the front yard while I was just going to lock the door. "Okay, Ma," she said -- and, of course, immediately took off over to the neighbors. At first I wondered why nobody will ever listen to what I say (even though that doesn't come as a surprise, ;-)), but then it hit me: She did exactly as she observed with her older siblings -- say the one thing and do the other, ;-). I mean, in her little mind "okay, Ma" really must mean: "Yeah, right, see if I care!".

Please please please can you go back to having the full blog post in your RSS feed rather than a snippet?! I can only read blogs through a reader when I'm at work, so get frustrated when I see the beginning of the message but not the rest :(

hey, what changed with your blog? in my reader it shows like half a sentence then "head over to my blog for the rest of the story." good for getting more traffic, but bad for lazy blog stalkers, like me.

I remember trying so hard to interpret what my daughter was saying when she was learning to talk. Now that she's talking well (maybe too well!) at three, I still have to interpret, just like moms everywhere.

Wonder what interpretive skills will be required when the triplets start talking?

That's cute. I just wanted you to know that I had went to Border's and they haven't gotta your book. The man said it never had came in. I live in St. Charles. Near St. Louis, Missouri. Do you know what books stores will carry it? I hope all will.

By the way, it isn't just one of mom's jobs; it's one of the WIFE's jobs as well. For example, a typical statement from my husband:

"You know that guy who did the thing on that show? I think I'll do that."

Through the query-and-answer system (demonstrated in your blog today), I discover that he is talking about one of those DIY shows involving remodeling a kitchen, and now he wants to install the same type of lights in our kitchen.

ROFL! That's brilliant. There was one time I was babysitting a little four-year-old, and she wanted to pretend that we were going out to eat.Me: "Where do you want to eat?"Four-year-old: "We can go to yed yobzer!"Me: "Wait, where?"Four-year-old: "Yed Yobzer!!!!"After ten or twelve repititions, I figured out that she was trying to say "Red Lobster." Ooooohhhh, riiighhtt....

I had a set of these in college.... when I lived in a townhouse with 4 guys. You don't even want to know how many hours of scrubbing it took to get many dirty words and drawings out of the shower at the end of the year so we wouldn't get fined! (But ridiculously fun before we found out how much the blue one sucks!!!)

HAHAHA. I read this post to my husband, telling him that it reminded me of something our 2 yr old niece would say. After I read it to him, he said ya, she always tells her dad to "make me a duck" when she needs to go potty. Her parents couldn't figure out what the heck she wanted at first... and then they realized that they usually tucked her skirt or shirt up under her arms so she didn't get it in the toilet... and that was what she wanted.

Keep up the good work, Dawn, and if you ever head down to Shreveport, Louisiana, let me know.

It's amazing the things they remember, seemingly out of nowhere! Yesterday my 4.5-year-old came to me crying. When I asked what was wrong he said he misses our freezer. After much questioning I realized he meant the small chest freezer that used to be in our garage -- I gave it to my in-laws back in January. He has never said a word about the thing before. I was finally able to get him to stop crying by telling him we could go visit the freezer at Nanny and Papa's house soon.

Oh, and when he was really little all the stores were color coded. It took a while to figure out what he meant, but Target was the red store, Walmart was the white store, Home Depot was the orange store and Lowes was the blue store. I forget what the green store was....

My name is Jenn, I have been reading your blog for about a year (first time commenting though!) I ordered your book the other day, and I just got home from work and found it in my mailbox! I started reading it right away, and I am LOVING it! I'm on Chapter 2 so far... I have a feeling nothing is going to get done at home (the reason I left work early today) until this book is done!

Hey Dawn,I was in the hospital all week with an allergic reaction to "something". My husband brought your book to me on day two, I was so excited that it had arrived. He knew just what I needed! It really kept my spirits high getting a fill of your humor. I had to keep putting the book down so I would have something to pick up through out my stay. I totally enjoyed your book, and especially laughing out loud so many times! Looking forward to the next one...

Oh my gosh, don't you love these moments. I spent 20 minutes one morning trying to figure out what JOhnny was saying, while also trying to get ready work. I had to play twenty questions...to find out that my child who can not make an R sound was simply trying to tell me he was RoaRing! oye